Nationalist Revolutions

India and Southeast Asia

Find India…

India

India India often called the “jewel in the

crown” Indian nationalist movement begins

What is the goal? Congress Party (Hindu Indian National

Congress Muslim League

Nationalist activity grows

Indian troops enlist in British Army 1919 Rowlatt Acts Amritsar Massacre

10000 Hindus and Muslims protest Rowlatt Acts

British troops fire on protestors British had banned public meetings Massacre sparks nationalism

across nation- Indians demand what????

Massacre at Amritsar

Gandhi

Gandhi (October 2, 1869- January 30, 1948)

Gandhi born under British rule of India India often called the “jewel in the

crown” Gandhi devoted to civil

disobedience through nonviolence SatyagrahaAhimsa

Indian Actions British Response

Amritsar Protests British troops fire on an unarmed crowd

Boycotts Sale of British products drop

Salt March Police officers club demonstrators

Independence!

India is granted limited self rule in 1935

Finally gains complete independence in 1947 India will be partitioned into different

countries

Muslims Vs. Hindus Hindus and Muslims, who once

fought for independence, now fight one another

India today

MUMBAI

Other Countries Gain Independence

Turkey Mustafa Kemal (aka Ataturk)

Sweeping reforms: Separated religion from law, abolished religious courts,

women gain suffrage and the right to hold public office, industrialized Turkey

Iran Formerly known as Persia New leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, sets out to modernize

his country

Saudi Arabia Hold to strict Islamic law Efforts to modernize limited by religion